The United States Justice Department asked the Swiss Ministry of Justice to prioritize them in the extradition of the FIFA ex-president Julio Rocha, accused in the FIFA corruption scandal.  

A commission of family members of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College will meet and speak with Pope Francis in Philadelphia. Emiliano Navarrete, the secretary general of the commission of parents, confirmed that this will happen when the Pope visits the United States on the 26th and 27th of September, exactly one

Alianza País, a movement in Upper Manhattan, urges the Junta Central Electoral (JCE) to give them official recognition in order to participate in the 2016 elections.  

Journalist Jorge Ramos from Univision, who was ousted from a Donald Trump press conference, said that in Donald Trump’s case, there is no longer room for appeasement, “there is only room for fight and confrontation.” 

After suddenly deporting thousands of Colombian families living along the Venezuelan side of the border with Colombia, tension between the two countries is mounting as human rights violations continue to occur.  

A new booklet to be revealed at a joint conference between the two countries will reportedly cut down on smuggling by focusing on cultural artifacts that are regular targets for criminals, such as archaeological pieces, sculptures, paintings, etc.

An indigenous group in Paraguay has brought charges against a Brazilian company for continuing its rapid deforestation of lands that have been awaiting ecological restoration for 22 years.

NGO’s warn that cases of forced disappearance “are no longer limited to the political,” while critics say President Peña Nieto, like President Calderón before him, is combating narcos with an ineffective strategy.

Sociologist Alicia Gutierrez pointed out that, “[poor] is a descriptive category rather than explanatory,” making the term quite controversial. The concept should also be considered in geological and historical context. When discussing the issue of poverty, we must always be aware of how we are defining it.

Cáñamo México (Hemp Mexico) is a magazine presenting “cannabis culture” from a non-prohibitionist perspective. Publishers claim that the magazine is an attempt to contribute to the Mexican debate about cannabis. The government stands against the magazine, however, because it threatens the moral foundation of the family.